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Rider Quotes from MotoGP Brno Qualifying Session

16 April, 2020
Dani Pedrosa will start tomorrow’s Czech Republic Grand Prix race on the front row taking his third pole position of the season. His best time of 1.56.508 was just 0.35s from the pole record, but he smashed the existing Brno…

Highlight videos and rider quotes from the WSBK round at Imola

15 April, 2020
More than 87,000 fans showed up at the Enzo and Dino Ferrari circuit at Imola expecting to see Carlos Checa take home the 2011 World Superbike championship crown (Ducati’s Filippo Preziosi wasn’t sitting in the Althea Racing garage for nothing),…

MotoGP Brno post race rider quotes

14 April, 2020
Last lap thrillers in MotoGP are becoming rarity, but they do come at least once a season - the last was at Valencia in 2011 between Casey Stoner and Ben Spies - so we kind of relish it when it…

Friday quotes from Valencia

11 April, 2020
Today’s MotoGP free practice sessions at the Ricardo Tormo circuit were characterized by a damp track with wet patches in the morning where reigning World Champion Casey Stoner topped the charts, but the afternoon session saw a group of outsiders…

WSBK Phillip Island rider quotes

11 April, 2020
To wrap up this Sunday’s WSBK round one at Phillip Island we have a bunch of rider quotes for you to go through and find out what your favourite rider finished in the double header and his personal comment regarding…

From Misano Rider Quotes after Qualifying

10 April, 2020
Dani Pedrosa took his fourth pole position of the season ahead of the San Marino Grand Prix at Misano and after a very exciting qualifying session, here’s what all the riders had to say about the session and their expectations…

MotoGP Catalunya – What the Riders Had to Say

10 April, 2020
With another impressive win at the Gran Premi Aperol de Catalunya, Jorge Lorenzo continues to fly in the championship standings. The Fiat Yamaha rider leads with 165 points and his nearest rival, Dani Pedrosa is in second with 113 points.Here’s…

More rider quotes from Misano MotoGP race

10 April, 2020
Would we biased if we said we like Marco Simoncelli? Besides the fact he looks like a goofy Wookiee, we enjoyed the fact he called himself a ‘coglione’ (Italian expletive for asshole) on TV after the Misano race because he…

Video highlights and rider quotes from Miller Motorsports Park

9 April, 2020
The maestro of all things in Utah, especially Miller Motorsports Park, Carlos Checa dominated both races yesterday and took his sixth World Superbike race of the season and leaving the rest of the field to fight over leftovers.Here are several…

MotoGP Estoril Rider Quotes after a difficult Friday

8 April, 2020
Today’s dreary practice at the Portuguese circuit at Estoril, saw Jorge Lorenzo take the top spot despite difficult track conditions, confirming his special ‘love’ for this circuit, where he’s won in the last two years and wanting to make it…

MotoGP rider quotes following a difficult Friday at Jerez

8 April, 2020
The drizzling weather and rain tires were the two main topics that the MotoGP riders talked about following today’s two difficult practice sessions at Jerez de la Frontera.Due to the constantly changing track conditions (wet, damp, drying and wet again)…

MotoGP rider quotes from the Australian GP

8 April, 2020
The Australian GP at Phillip Island was one of the races with the lowest number of partecipants on the MotoGP grid as only fourteen riders were able to take part at the start, with Jorge Lorenzo, Ben Spies and Damian…

MotoGP Phillip Island Rider Quotes and first gallery of pics

8 April, 2020
Here’s what the MotoGP riders (minus Hector Barbera of Paginas Amarillas) had to say about the first free practice at Phillip Island after treacherous weather conditions delayed the start of the Australian MotoGP weekend with strong winds and heavy rain…

MotoGP Valencia Friday Rider Quotes

7 April, 2020
Friday’s free practice went very well for Jorge Lorenzo at Valencia, feeling all the confidence after last week’s win at Estoril and now riding in front of his home audience and in front the large numbers of his ‘Spartan’ fans…

MotoGP Motegi Rider Quotes

7 April, 2020
The 14th round of the MotoGP at the Twin Ring circuit in Japan will probably be remembered for Casey Stoner’s second consecutive win of the season and claiming his 22nd MotoGP victory equalling legends John Surtees, ‘King’ Kenny Roberts and…

WSBK Magny Cours rider quotes with race highlight videos

7 April, 2020
Magny Cours was definitely Carlos Checa, Althea Racing and Ducati’s best day of the year. Not only did the Spaniard win his first ever championship title, Althea Racing brought home two titles, one in World Superbikes and one with Davide…

MotoGP Sepang Rider Quotes after the 15th round

7 April, 2020
It certainly was Jorge Lorenzo’s day at Sepang yesterday, with the Fiat Yamaha rider taking his first MotoGP Championshio title in a fantastic and mistakeless season, but the 15th round of the season also threw up one of the best…

WSBK Assen round quotes and race highlight videos

7 April, 2020
Round three of the World Superbike championship is now more or less tucked away, and Max Biaggi despite a tough and opaque weekend came away from Assen with the lead in the standings and ahead of Carlos Checa by just…

MotoGP riders review Friday at Laguna Seca

6 April, 2020
Laguna Seca is a tight and twisty track and finding the proper set-up is essential to avoid excessive tire wear. The softer tire that Bridgestone brought in works well in the morning, but the MotoGP riders have already decided that…

MotoGP Jerez post qualifying quotes

6 April, 2020
Jorge Lorenzo and Dani Pedrosa gave MotoGP fans a thrilling qualifying session at Jerez swapping the top spot at least a half a dozen times, but track conditions were less than optimum with Lorenzo defining them as “dangerous”, but all…

MotoGP riders talk about qualifying at Sachsenring

6 April, 2020
With lap times so close tomorrow’s German GP could prove to be one very interesting race. Six riders, Stoner, Pedrosa, Lorenzo, Simoncelli, Spies and Dovizioso all have the race pace to fight for the win or at least podium spot,…

MotoGP rider debriefs from Sachsenring GP

6 April, 2020
Here’s some more MotoGP rider quotes from the eni Motorrad Grand Prix Deutschland at Sachsenring.Andrea Dovizioso - 3rd “I am really happy to finish on the podium again and it is a great feeling to do it here because this…

MotoGP Estoril Qualifying quotes

6 April, 2020
Despite taking his first pole position of the season at Estoril and stopping Jorge Lorenzo’s record Casey Stoner wasn’t exactly happiest rider in the parc ferme to be interviewed. The Repsol Honda rider is lamenting a right set-up balance and…